Fri. 3/26/10 10:05am
Cecile:
Gary Lucas and Dean Bowman do a great version of Hinay Ma T`ov on their latest record, "Beat the Devil"

Fri. 3/26/10 10:06am
yayson:
speaking of tearing things apart, this is what i was watching when hank came on. very appropriate! two pit bulls tear into a cop car in Tennessee.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8588407.stm

i don't know if it was on the border, tho

Fri. 3/26/10 10:06am
Cecile:
Also, Doug, could you at some point play that great version of Red Top by Anthony Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams? Not today, just sometime?

Fri. 3/26/10 10:25am
J-Mar:
You know the awesome thing about Hank Williams is that he sounds great no matter whether you're happy or lonesome and blue.

Fri. 3/26/10 10:27am
Cecile:
Country music and buttery-soft, low gluten Southern baked goods. mmmmmmmmm. This is a great nation, fellow listeners.

J-Mar, so very true.

Fri. 3/26/10 10:27am
chris:
amen J-mar. Reminds me of being a kid and spending my summers in rural Minnesota, listening to the local broadcasts late late at night and feeling safe and secure in the music

Fri. 3/26/10 10:27am
chris:
amen J-mar. Reminds me of being a kid and spending my summers in rural Minnesota, listening to the local broadcasts late late at night and feeling safe and secure in the music

Fri. 3/26/10 10:28am
J-Mar:
One of the finest writers I've ever had the privilege of working with had the following question taped to his computer:

"Can you say it as plain as Hank Williams?"

I think about that sometimes when I'm trying to crank out a piece of writing for my job.

Fri. 3/26/10 10:46am
J-Mar:
@seang: do you mean did Dave Hickey say that, or did I work with Dave Hickey (or both)? It makes perfect sense if Dave Hickey was the one who said it first, but I never have had the privilege of working with him. The person in question is Jim Ridley, who for years was the film critic for the alt-weekly in Nashville, and now is the editor. I still maintain he is one of the best critics and writers I've ever read anywhere.

Fri. 3/26/10 10:52am
seang:
Oh, I thought maybe you worked with him. He writes about Hank in the New Literary History of America: http://noiseforitsownsake.blogspot.com/2010/01/poetic-sturdiness-of-hank-williams.html
He also wrote the lyrics to "The Ballad of Billy and Oscar"-incredible lyrics--Jim Dickinson does a cover of it on the album "Free Beer Tomorrow" --whoa long post!

Fri. 3/26/10 11:06am
Hendrik:
Yes De Snaar !! Great record :-)... My father was and is the best friend of this record label's boss :_)

Fri. 3/26/10 11:19am
Cecile:
snaar, where can I find that in any format?